Alfre Woodard

Biography

Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 12 times for Emmy Awards (winning four), and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss Firecracker, Grand Canyon, Passion Fish, Primal Fear, Star Trek: First Contact, Miss Evers' Boys, K-PAX, Radio, Take the Lead and The Family That Preys.

Filmography

Claudia Villars
Plio (voice)
Stickley
Carolyn Carmichael
Augustine James
Mrs. Whatsit
Principal Daniels
Ms. Josephine
Chantelle
Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)
Camille Wright
Vicki Teague
Sally Benbow
Mistress Shaw
Rosie Mangena
Wanda Dean
Loretta Sinclair
Claudie Sills
Rhody Poole
Eunice Evers, R.N.
Berenice Sadie Brown
Dr. Olsen
Maude DeVictor
Winnie Mandela
Popeye Jackson
Dr. Allen
Patricia
Evelyn
Lavada McRae
Det. Anne Pope
Audrey Williams
Bernadette
Karisha Ellsworth
Chief of Staff
Polly / Narrator (voice)
Grace Cooley
Professor Hughes
Berniece Charles
Alma Roberts
Sarabi (voice)
Princess Lovinia
Ilanga (voice)
Dondi Reece
Judge Benton
Warden Bernadine Williams
Juanita
Penny Washington
Self (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
Andrea Crawford
Narrator (voice)
Jessica Filley
Margaret Cahill
Joyce McQueen
Adrianne Moore
Dr. Cody